On a point of order, Mr. Chairman, you mentioned that we'll have three segments, the first hour being the gentlemen we have here right now, followed by two individuals, followed by, from one o'clock to two o'clock, the Minister of Finance, the Honourable Jim Flaherty.
I've mentioned this to you before, Mr. Chairman, but I have a really hard time with these three-hour meetings. Standard meetings for all House of Commons committees is two hours.
I have issues to deal with. I have constituents in town I'm supposed to have taken for lunch. Because somebody decided that we're going to spend three hours of the entire committee on a simple little contract of some $120,000, I am really put out by this. I really would like you to take control of this committee and make sure that we abide by two-hour meetings every time, because MPs are busy, they all have things they want to do. And as I say, I have constituents who are going to go back home and say their MP didn't have time to talk to them, because I'm here doing a simple little thing, with three hours and 13 people focused on a $120,000 contract.
I need to know. I'm quite sure that our member on the steering committee didn't approve the three-hour meeting. If you had supported him, there would have been no agreement that the steering committee have a three-hour meeting. So I want your assurance that these things are not going to happen from here on in.